Cheap Thrills

by Frank Zappa

Cheap Thrills cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 28 April 1998
  • Label: Rykodisc
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 47:55
  • Community rating: 3.33/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A compilation of live recordings by Frank Zappa spanning his career, issued five years after his death. 'Cheap Thrills' gathers concert material in deliberately low-fidelity spirit, its title an acknowledgement of its bootleg-adjacent character.

Genres

Descriptors: instrumental, virtuosic, improvisation, saxophone, piano, parody, avant-garde

Tracklist

  1. I Could Be A Star Now (0:36)
  2. Catholic Girls (Live Version) (4:04)
  3. Bobby Brown Goes Down (Live Version) (2:44)
  4. You Are What You Is (4:31)
  5. We Are Not Alone (3:18)
  6. Cheap Thrills (2:37)
  7. The Mudshark Interview (2:39)
  8. Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel (6:40)
  9. Zomby Woof (Live Version) (5:39)
  10. The Torture Never Stops (Original Version) (9:16)
  11. Joe's Garage (Live Version) (2:20)
  12. My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama (Live Version) (3:19)
  13. Going For The Money (0:12)

Credits

  • Don Preston - voice, piano [redundant triplets]
  • Paul Carman - alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, baritone saxophone
  • Kurt McGettrick - baritone saxophone, saxophone [bass], clarinet [contrabass]
  • Scott Thunes - bass guitar, electronics [minimoog], bass guitar, vocals
  • Chad Wackerman - drums, percussion [electronic]
  • Bobby Martin - keyboards, vocals, keyboards, saxophone, vocals
  • Mike Keneally - rhythm guitar, synthesizer, vocals
  • Ike Willis - rhythm guitar, vocals, rhythm guitar, vocals [thing - fish]

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